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MSC SCONA speaker
says death penalty
violates human rights
By Karen Broyles
The Battalion
An Amnesty International official said governments need to re
think their policies on capital punishment and human rights during
the MSC Student Conference on National Affairs Saturday. ,
Curt Goering, acting executive director of
Amnesty International, said the United States and
60 other countries have subjected their citizens to
the most cruel punishment, the punishment of
death.
"Executions without trials in China and execu
tions in the United States after lengthy trials have
the same result," Goering said.
"The destruction of a human being has oc
curred."
Goering also stressed the importance of non-gov
ernment organizations promoting and defending
human rights.
'There must be pressure on the United Nations
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by outside groups to counter the government pressure on them to leave
things alone," Goering said.
Non-government organizations have been more vocal in promoting
human rights than government officials, he said.
"The actions of these organizations and the public have made a dif
ference," he said.
"The lobbying and the submissions that have been made have
helped where government officials alone can't or won't get things
done."
Goering said some governments think human rights should be left
up to the governments to protect.
"But there are still men, women and even children who are being
held prisoner because of their beliefs," he said.
"As long as there are still prisoners of conscience, there is a need
for groups like Amnesty International."
Despite the continuing violation of human rights in many countries,
Goering said progress is being made.
The establishment of a temporary bureau for prosecuting interna
tional war crimes was one example.
"It will be an important step if this temporary committee is replaced
by a permanent one," he said.
Goering said the creation of a new position. High Commissioner of
the United Nations, serves as a warning signal to areas of the world
with increasing violations of human rights.
"The high commissioners job will be to pinpoint areas where human
rights violations could escalate if no intervention takes place," he said.
Goering said procedures for responding to human rights violators
are being created and standards for enforcing human rights have been
drafted.
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By Eloise Flint
The Battalion
Officials from the United Nations tried to
make sense out of the war in Bosnia at a panel
discussion Friday during the MSC Student
Conference on National Affairs.
Ambassador Muhammed Sacirbey, perma
nent representative of the Bosnian mission to
the United Nations, said the war in Bosnia has
been misunderstood. It is actually a war of
genocide and aggression, not a civil war.
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munistic societies to free market societies.
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fully, but Sacirbey said the old communist
regime of Serbia and the old communist military
are still in control and have undertaken nation
alism and fascism to continue their authority.
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"Let them know that the military won't be
able to run free," he said.
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any U.S. troops are sent to Bosnia.
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people are dying and societies arek
apart, but we have to be responsible::
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